Record Number: 20060
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 2 February 1913: 'I sent F[ollowing].D[arkness]. to a woman of another kind [i.e. than Alice Meynell, possibly reviewer of book in the Times Literary Supplement] and have just heard "I am still haunted by it -- it has interested me very much -- it is extraordinarily intimate and has a certain distinction and beauty that attract me [...] together with a certain brutal reality. My impressions are complex and I don't express them well. I do think it quite extraordinarily good."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1912 and 2 Feb 1913
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
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Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Following Darkness
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:20060
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank
Title:Selected Letters of E. M. Forster
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:1
Page:187
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Mary Lago and P. N. Furbank (ed.), Selected Letters of E. M. Forster, (London, 1983), 1, p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20060, accessed: 08 February 2026
Additional Comments:
See p.188 n.2 in source for eds.' speculations as to identity of TLS reviewer, and of reader, who, it is suggested, 'may have been' Forster's friend Florence Barger.
